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NO TSUNAMI DANGER FROM CANADIAN QUAKE
By Ian Cope on Thursday, August 28, 2008 |
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A 6.1 magnitude earthquake off Vancouver Island is the latest in a swarm that started Monday, but a Canadian scientist says it's normal activity for the region and was not strong enough to generate a tsunami.
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COUNCIL APPREHENSIVE ON RATE INCREASE
By Ian Cope on Thursday, August 28, 2008 |
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The Aberdeen City Council has approved the first reading of an ordinance to increase sewer and water rates by 4.5-percent with the funds going to improvements and repairs to the city streets. However the vote was far from unanimous, with four of the 11 council members voting against the measure which will mean an average increase of $3.80 per month until December of 2012.
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LABOR DAY EMS TEST
By Ian Cope on Wednesday, August 27, 2008 |
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Grays Harbor County Emergency Management will test the county's All Hazard Alert Broadcast System on Monday, September 1st at noon. The first Monday of the month test is a drill and residents are asked not to call 911 as it takes time away from actual emergency responses.
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PATROL BEEFS UP FOR LABOR DAY
By Ian Cope on Wednesday, August 27, 2008 |
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Labor Day weekend is the unofficial end of the summer holidays and there will be a plethora of barbecue's, parties and family gatherings after which impaired drivers may begin hitting the road. Be warned: extra troopers will be out looking for you. The State Patrol says two extra troopers will be out on the Grays Harbor roadways, while two additional troopers will hit the roads of Pacific and Wahkaiakum counties. Speeding and impaired driving are the leading causes of traffic fatalities.
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Asian alliance snubs Russian plea for support
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan (AP) -- China and several Central Asian nations rebuffed Russia's hopes of international support for its actions in Georgia, issuing a statement Thursday denouncing the use of force and calling for respect for every country's territorial integrity....
Top Iraqi official detained at Baghdad airport
BAGHDAD (AP) -- U.S. forces arrested a top Shiite official in Iraq's government as he stepped off a plane in Baghdad, a political ally said Thursday, and a U.S. military intelligence official linked the man to a June bombing that killed four Americans and six Iraqis....
US coalition: 100 militants killed in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A four-day battle that began with an ambush on a joint U.S-Afghan patrol in southern Afghanistan has killed more than 100 militants, the coalition said Thursday....
Bombing of Pakistani government bus kills 8
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- A bomb struck a bus filled with Pakistani police and government workers as it crossed a bridge on Thursday, sending the vehicle hurtling over the railing and into the riverbed below. Eight people died in the latest attack in Pakistan's country's tribal border region....
Thai protesters defy court order to leave compound
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- Thousands of demonstrators - some armed with golf clubs, batons and bamboo sticks - defied a court order to end their occupation of the prime minister's office compound on Thursday, vowing to remain until the country's leaders resign....
Tourists evacuate as Gustav grows near Jamaica
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) -- Tropical Storm Gustav surged toward hurricane force on Thursday as it drove toward Jamaica and aimed for the Cayman islands, prompting evacuations of tourists and offshore oil workers. In its wake, impoverished Haitians scrambled for food. Meanwhile, New Orleans kept nervous watch, three years after Katrina's destruction....
Anwar, back in Malaysia parliament, stages walkout
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim rejoined Malaysia's Parliament on Thursday, resurrecting his mission to become prime minister a decade after he was charged with sodomy and his career written off....
Chinese agencies embezzled $660 million in 2007
BEIJING (AP) -- Chinese government auditors have uncovered the misuse of millions of dollars in disaster assistance as part of an embezzlement probe spanning 10 central government departments, state media reported Thursday....
US Army hearing on death of 4 Iraqis ends
VILSECK, Germany (AP) -- Defense lawyers for two U.S. soldiers told a military court Thursday that their clients did not participate in the killings of four Iraqis last year and had little, if any, knowledge of them....
Indian political party campaigns against English
MUMBAI, India (AP) -- A regional political party has threatened to attack stores in Mumbai that place English-language signs more prominently than ones in the local Marathi language or refuse to use Marathi signs....
Tropical Storm Hanna forms in Atlantic
MIAMI (AP) -- The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Hanna has formed northeast of the northern Leeward Islands in the Atlantic....
Officials may evacuate New Orleans as Gustav nears
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- National Guard troops stand ready, batteries and water bottles are selling briskly, and one small-town mayor has spent a sleepless night worrying. The New Orleans area is skittishly watching as a storm marches across the Caribbean on the eve of Hurricane Katrina's third anniversary....
Detroit mayor's lawyer says she's losing witnesses
DETROIT (AP) -- Three lawyers are refusing to testify next week at a removal hearing for Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, possibly harming his ability to defend himself....
Death for man who kidnapped, murdered Idaho boy
BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- In the end, killer pedophile Joseph Edward Duncan III couldn't - or wouldn't - offer a reason why he should live....
Feds take over case of man in alleged Obama threat
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) -- The case against a Colorado man accused of making racist threats against Barack Obama has been transferred to federal court, but the reason hasn't been explained....
Poll: California voters oppose ban on gay marriage
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- A majority of California voters oppose a ballot initiative to ban gay marriage, though they are evenly split on the practice itself, according to a poll released Wednesday....
Factory had tension between union, immigrants
LAUREL, Miss. (AP) -- Union bosses in this region of rural Mississippi have long grumbled that the largest factories here hire illegal immigrants, and that the immigrants were starting to get more overtime and supervisory positions....
4 inmates accused of helping with NM jailbreak
CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) -- Four jail inmates who authorities say helped eight others make a brazen escape were charged Wednesday, as officials kept up the search for the five prisoners who remain on the loose, including a convicted murderer....
SoCal jury gets case of ex-Marine in Iraq deaths
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) -- A federal jury on Wednesday began deliberating whether a former Marine squad leader committed manslaughter in Iraq, marking the first time in which civilians will decide whether the actions of a military service member during combat were criminal....
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